Excerpt from Book of Praise, or Hymns and Tunes for Public and Social Worship The division of the book into several distinct sections, each of which is prefaced by a sum mary statement of its contents, together with the index of sections which ees the first page of hymns, will, it is believed, gently assist the readers in becoming speedily fiimiliar with' the entire book, and also in readily finding hymns suited to any given topic. Here and there a hymn may be found which seems to be arbitrarily located. While a few Inch instances were unavoidable under the present plan of arrangement, they are quite unim portant as compared with its many and decided advantages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."